How Well Do You Know The Duke?
No shock here, INSP fans are huge John Wayne fans! We’re betting you know his movies and his life story inside and out. Ready to put that to the test? The Duke’s very own son, Ethan is here to personally quiz you, so bring your A-Game! Let’s play, Pilgrim, we’re burnin’ daylight!
1. WHAT GIFT DID JOHN WAYNE TRADITIONALLY GIVE TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE CAST AND CREW AT THE END OF SHOOTING EACH MOVIE?
2. COSTUMER LUSTER BAYLESS WORKED WITH JOHN WAYNE ON A DOZEN MOVIES STARTING FROM MCCLINTOCK! IN 1963 THROUGH THE SHOOTIST IN 1976. WHEN WAYNE HAD TO LEAVE THE RIO LOBO SET TO ACCEPT HIS OSCAR FOR TRUE GRIT, WHAT SPECIAL GREETING HAD LUSTER ARRANGED WHEN HE RETURNED?
3. DARK COMMAND DIRECTOR RAOUL WALSH GAVE JOHN WAYNE HIS FIRST LEADING ROLE IN WHAT EPIC WESTERN?
4. JOHN WAYNE’S SIDEKICK IN THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN, WILLIE PAINE, WAS A MEMBER OF WHICH GREAT FILM COMEDY TEAM?
5. IN THE 1942 FILM IN OLD CALIFORNIA, JOHN WAYNE PLAYS TOM CRAIG, A BOSTON-BORN PHARMACIST WHO MOVES OUT WEST. WHY DID THIS ROLE LIKELY APPEAL TO HIM?
6. WHAT CAR STUNT DID STUNT COORDINATOR HAL NEEDHAM REVOLUTIONIZE FOR MCQ?
7. VERA MILES WAS ALREADY A FINE ACTRESS, BUT WHY DID JOHN WAYNE FEEL HE OWED HER A BIG ROLE IN HELLFIGHTERS?
8. WHEN JOHN FORD GAVE JOHN WAYNE THE SCRIPT FOR STAGECOACH TO READ, AND ASKED WHO SHOULD PLAY THE RINGO KID, WHAT WAS WAYNE’S REPLY?
9. IN MCCLINTOCK!’S FAMOUS MUD-PIT BRAWL, WHY DID MAUREEN O’HARA WEAR WATERPROOF FISHING WADERS UNDER HER COSTUME?
10. WHAT VILLAINOUS ACTOR, WHO WOULD GAIN FAME AS ONE OF THE ONLY MAN TO KILL JOHN WAYNE IN A MOVIE, MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE WITH WAYNE IN THE WAR WAGON?
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